Usage: Tom, of Aramaic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Tom are in general originating from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

The name Tom is ranked on the 50th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 7017500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.097% of the population. The name Tom has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Tom for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

History and Origin

Tom is mostly used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia "Tom" is in use as a formal given name.

The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name (תום).

English: short form of Thomas, in use since the Middle Ages, and recorded as an independent name since the 18th century.
Pet form: Tommy.

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